One of the most popular K-drama stars in the past decade has to be Kim Ji-won. The 27-year-old actress is a firecracker on-screen, who can switch between being the girl-next-door to a rebel in a matter of seconds.
04.06.2020 - 15:21 / pinkvilla.com
On stage, BTS is among the most talented singers in the world today. But off-stage, the Bangtan Boys are the goofiest international stars we've seen.
RM, Jin, Jimin, Jungkook, Suga, V and J-Hope are the perfect blend of wit and emotions when they are not setting the stage on fire with their performances. We've seen the septet bring out their humorous side on numerous platforms.
One of the most popular K-drama stars in the past decade has to be Kim Ji-won. The 27-year-old actress is a firecracker on-screen, who can switch between being the girl-next-door to a rebel in a matter of seconds.
There's just something undeniably attractive about sad songs that we're drawn to regardless of our mood. Many artists, over the years, have used their own personal life struggles as inspiration to pen the most heartbreaking lyrics, add melody to it and make it into a chart-topping song.
The Album That Rises to The Moment of Its Release: John Legend, Bigger Love“Actions speak louder than, speak louder than love songs,” John Legend sings on “Actions,” an early highlight on his seventh studio album. It’s a telling statement from a singer-songwriter who could, conceivably, keep cranking out soulful ballads and engineer a highly successful career -- after all, one of those ballads, “All Of Me,” spent a few weeks atop the Hot 100 chart in 2014.
One of the most beloved K-dramas to come out this year was definitely Crash Landing on You starring the gorgeous pair of Hyun Bin and Son Ye-jin. For the unversed, the storyline of CLOY centered around the star-crossed love story between North Korean Ri Jeong-hyeok, a captain in the Korean People's Army and South Korean Yoon Se-ri, heiress to the Queen's Group.
It's been an interesting couple of weeks for BTS fans, who first had to go through the emotional roller coaster ride that was Break The Silence. It was then followed up by FESTA 2020, which was an important celebration as BTS completed seven years since their debut on June 13, 2013.
One of the most fascinating aspects of K-dramas that draws the viewers in and sinks its teeth into their fictional imaginations is the chemistry shared between the leads. Whether it be, Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo in Descendants of the Sun or Gong Yoo or Kim Go-eun in Goblin - The Lonely and Great God, there are iconic onscreen couples who we love to obsess over.
BTS have been a couple of busy bees even during the quarantine period as they are not only coming up with new content to give ARMY company but are also interacting with the fans through V Live, YouTube Live and even Weverse comments. For V aka Taehyung, it's Weverse, where the Singularity singer has a constant presence and makes sure to comment on the ARMY posts that he likes.
Jungkook is providing a beautiful new song for the BTS Army.
As BTS continues to be a force on Billboard's charts, its individual members are beginning to pad their solo chart résumés.Agust D, who also goes by SUGA, becomes the second member of BTS to score a solo hit on the Billboard Hot 100, as his single "Daechwita" opens at No. 76 on the chart dated June 6."Daechwita" debuts with 4 million U.S.
K-pop stans showed the world why they're such a loyal, hardworking fanbase with their recent gesture on Twitter to help smoothen the process of the Black Lives Matter movement. With Twitter hashtags like #BlueLivesMatter and #WhiteLivesMatter trying to steer the wheel to different propaganda, K-pop stans flooded these hashtags with fan cams of their idols and hence proved a worthwhile point. During this process, BTS member V became a viral sensation within the non K-pop fans, once again.
The Korean Entertainment industry is growing popular by the day as it's earning a well deserved global fanbase thanks to the creativity overflowing and the unbelievable talent coming from there. Whether it be movies like Parasite making history, K-dramas breaking records or K-pop music finally getting the recognition it deserves, it's indeed an exciting time to be a hardcore fan.
Suga made sure that the quarantine period would not go in vain as he treated BTS fans with the release of his second mixtape, D-2, under his alter-ego's name, AGUST D. Along with the hard-hitting mixtape, Yoongi also dropped the thrilling music video for the lead single, Daechwita, which had ARMY gasping for their breath. However, Suga also came under fire for one of the tracks, What Do You Think? as it used cult leader Jim Jones' sermon in the introduction to the song.
BLINKS had a great start to the week when YG Entertainment made a special announcement regarding BLACKPINK. Fans of the K-Pop band were preparing themselves for a three-part comeback this year put together by the talented Korean girl group.
Big Hit Entertainment is apologizing.
BTS celebrates popularity at an extremely global level with its ARMY growing in millions. Thanks to their addictive tunes, meaningful words and impressive performances, ARMY can't get enough of the septet.
Music is something that can bring together millions from different backgrounds, cultures, gender, race, and so forth and build a community that celebrates the meaning of life. For example, bands like BTS and One Direction have helped bring so many people under the same umbrella and just enjoy music with a collective approach.
Korean entertainment, in a nutshell, has taken over on a global scale. Whether it be their addictive tunes or their content-driven yet guilty pleasure K-dramas, there's something in store for everybody.
"The archive of 28-year-old AGUST D. I think that'll do. The one I released on August 16, 2016, was about AGUST D in 2016. The one out in May 2020 is D-2, is about 28-year-old AGUST D. I think it'll be fun to see how my thoughts and views have changed. It's really just for self-satisfaction. They're purely for the fans so I hope you give a listen and just enjoy them," BTS member Suga aka AGUST D shared regarding his chart-topping mixtape, D-2, in an interview dropped recently on BANGTANTV.
Park Seo-joon is a name that is synonymous with K-dramas and with all the right reasons. The 31-year-old actor wormed his way into millions of hearts with his 'aura' and charming personality. There's also the fact that he's extremely good looking and could give any actor a run for their money when it came to his exceptional acting chops. From his romantic persona to his comedic side, from his dramatic approach to even action sequences, there's nothing that Seo-joon can't do.
2020 has seen an interesting turn of events for the entertainment industry as people are relying on them to be distracted during the quarantine period, which was enforced by the coronavirus pandemic. K-dramas in particular has seen an upsurge, in the recent few years, when it comes to global consumption as international fans can't get enough of the shows.